Indian carriers will not have to undergo any security drill while flying to the US destinations as it has met all safety-reacted norms specified by the American aviation regulator Federal Aviation Administration .The Indian aviation sector, which was under the scanner of the American agency, has finally retained the category-I status.
“The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has been able to put all systems in place and final audit was done by FAA in last two to three days, following which it has been decided to keep India in category – I,” civil aviation secretary M M Nambiar said.
The International Civil Aviation Organization has done a safety oversight audit in 2006 and found several deficiencies in technical guidance and technical manpower that questioned India’s category-I status.
A downgrade in status to category-II by FAA could have put a break on Indian carriers’ expansion plans to the US besides rigorous security check of the existing flights and bar on code-sharing .National Aviation Company of India, which operates Air India, and Jet Airways currently operate to the US. Another full-service carrier Kingfisher Airlines also plans to expand its operation to the US in future.
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